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Dog growled at child
I have seen a few posts on dog bites. While my dog hasn't ever bitten
a child, she has, for the first time growled at ours. My dog is Sam, a 7 year old boxer. She had never bitten anyone and the only time she has ever growled at me, is if I try to move her when she is sleeping. I have always raised my dogs where I can take food out of their mouths while eating, she has never growled even when I or my wife take a piece of treat out of her mouth. I always knew we would have children and tried to prepare for the event through training. My son is 10 1/2 months old and has been crawling for a month now. His favorite pasttime is crawling up to Sam and our mix breed dog. Both dogs have been VERY tolerant of him and we never leave him and the dogs out of our site. Always supervised interactions. Anyway, my son crawled up to Sam, who was laying down..no biggie, but I didnt realize she was sleeping. My son procedes to "pat" her a couple times on the back I start to get up and tell the boy no..I hear the dog give a growl as I am about to pick the child up(step away) the dog jumps up and growls visciously, knocks child over and growls in his face...never bit, but looked like she could have. I immediately yell at the dog "NO!!!!!NO!!!!NO!!!!" and she wags here tail. puts head down and retreats. Believe me when I say that she has always been around children and never showed aggression. What should my next course of action be? My child will always come first, but I feel a responsiblity to our beloved dog. I know I am at fault for becoming to complacent with their relationship. The dog has ALWAYS showed great affection for our son. Any help would be appreciated. -John PS. Sam has been to obedience classes, is pretty well trained and has always been more of a submissive dog...not dominant at all. |
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john said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
My child will always come first, but I feel a responsiblity to our beloved dog. I know I am at fault for becoming to complacent with their relationship. The dog has ALWAYS showed great affection for our son. Any help would be appreciated. At this stage, the easiest thing to do is rule out physical problems with Sam. You mentioned that the growling incidents occur after physical contact with Sam, such as when you move her when she's sleeping. Get her checked by a vet ASAP before you start investigating more drastic measures. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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john said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
My child will always come first, but I feel a responsiblity to our beloved dog. I know I am at fault for becoming to complacent with their relationship. The dog has ALWAYS showed great affection for our son. Any help would be appreciated. At this stage, the easiest thing to do is rule out physical problems with Sam. You mentioned that the growling incidents occur after physical contact with Sam, such as when you move her when she's sleeping. Get her checked by a vet ASAP before you start investigating more drastic measures. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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john said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
My child will always come first, but I feel a responsiblity to our beloved dog. I know I am at fault for becoming to complacent with their relationship. The dog has ALWAYS showed great affection for our son. Any help would be appreciated. At this stage, the easiest thing to do is rule out physical problems with Sam. You mentioned that the growling incidents occur after physical contact with Sam, such as when you move her when she's sleeping. Get her checked by a vet ASAP before you start investigating more drastic measures. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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At this stage, the easiest thing to do is rule out physical problems with Sam. You mentioned that the growling incidents occur after physical contact with Sam, such as when you move her when she's sleeping. Get her checked by a vet ASAP before you start investigating more drastic measures. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. Including her HEARING. Since she's contrary when sleeping, there may be a loss of hearing factor there. Janet Boss Best Friends Dog Obedience "Nice Manners for the Family Pet" Voted "Best of Baltimore 2001" - Baltimore Magazine www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com |
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At this stage, the easiest thing to do is rule out physical problems with Sam. You mentioned that the growling incidents occur after physical contact with Sam, such as when you move her when she's sleeping. Get her checked by a vet ASAP before you start investigating more drastic measures. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. Including her HEARING. Since she's contrary when sleeping, there may be a loss of hearing factor there. Janet Boss Best Friends Dog Obedience "Nice Manners for the Family Pet" Voted "Best of Baltimore 2001" - Baltimore Magazine www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com |
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At this stage, the easiest thing to do is rule out physical problems with Sam. You mentioned that the growling incidents occur after physical contact with Sam, such as when you move her when she's sleeping. Get her checked by a vet ASAP before you start investigating more drastic measures. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. Including her HEARING. Since she's contrary when sleeping, there may be a loss of hearing factor there. Janet Boss Best Friends Dog Obedience "Nice Manners for the Family Pet" Voted "Best of Baltimore 2001" - Baltimore Magazine www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com |
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Additionally, babies aren't exactly polite petters. Your Sam may not like
being crawled on and is trying to warn the baby to leave her alone--it's the same behavior a dog would use w/an annoying puppy. I would keep the baby off Sam until he's old enough to be taught how to treat a dog. -- Kristen & Kali CD, CGC, TDI, TT http://www.kristenandkali.com "J1Boss" wrote in message ... At this stage, the easiest thing to do is rule out physical problems with Sam. You mentioned that the growling incidents occur after physical contact with Sam, such as when you move her when she's sleeping. Get her checked by a vet ASAP before you start investigating more drastic measures. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. Including her HEARING. Since she's contrary when sleeping, there may be a loss of hearing factor there. Janet Boss Best Friends Dog Obedience "Nice Manners for the Family Pet" Voted "Best of Baltimore 2001" - Baltimore Magazine www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com |
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Additionally, babies aren't exactly polite petters. Your Sam may not like
being crawled on and is trying to warn the baby to leave her alone--it's the same behavior a dog would use w/an annoying puppy. I would keep the baby off Sam until he's old enough to be taught how to treat a dog. -- Kristen & Kali CD, CGC, TDI, TT http://www.kristenandkali.com "J1Boss" wrote in message ... At this stage, the easiest thing to do is rule out physical problems with Sam. You mentioned that the growling incidents occur after physical contact with Sam, such as when you move her when she's sleeping. Get her checked by a vet ASAP before you start investigating more drastic measures. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. Including her HEARING. Since she's contrary when sleeping, there may be a loss of hearing factor there. Janet Boss Best Friends Dog Obedience "Nice Manners for the Family Pet" Voted "Best of Baltimore 2001" - Baltimore Magazine www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com |
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Additionally, babies aren't exactly polite petters. Your Sam may not like
being crawled on and is trying to warn the baby to leave her alone--it's the same behavior a dog would use w/an annoying puppy. I would keep the baby off Sam until he's old enough to be taught how to treat a dog. -- Kristen & Kali CD, CGC, TDI, TT http://www.kristenandkali.com "J1Boss" wrote in message ... At this stage, the easiest thing to do is rule out physical problems with Sam. You mentioned that the growling incidents occur after physical contact with Sam, such as when you move her when she's sleeping. Get her checked by a vet ASAP before you start investigating more drastic measures. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. Including her HEARING. Since she's contrary when sleeping, there may be a loss of hearing factor there. Janet Boss Best Friends Dog Obedience "Nice Manners for the Family Pet" Voted "Best of Baltimore 2001" - Baltimore Magazine www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com |
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